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Absolutely love these owls, such beautiful creatures.
~ This largest (by weight) North American owl shows up irregularly in winter to hunt in windswept fields or dunes. They spend summers far north of the Arctic Circle hunting lemmings, ptarmigan, and other prey in 24-hour daylight.
Body sizes are, 20 to 28 in in height (52 to 71 cm) with their wingspan 4.2 to 4.8 ft (1.3 to 1.5 m), weight averages between
3.5 to 6.5 lbs (1.6 to 3 kg).
Most remain within their breeding grounds year-round, while others migrate in winter to southern Canada and the northern half of the States.
Interestingly these owls are not nocturnal and hunt day and night preferring wide open areas as opposed to heavily forested areas. ~
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Don Island (Oikawa-jima) & Lion Island (Sato-jima), Richmond, BC, 02-04-2014 READ MORE • About Me • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Google+ • Tumbler • Pinterest
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In this photo (from left to right) Don Island (Oikawa-jima), Lion Island (Sato-jima), Lafarge Cement Plant (Since '57) and Shelter Island Marina.
In the late 1890's, Steveston fisherman Soemon Sato wrote to Jinzaburo Oikawa in Japan, telling of the rich salmon harvest of the Fraser River. Salmon was canned and shipped to Europe but the eggs, or suzuko, a much prized delicacy to the Japanes, was discarded. On August 3, 1898, Oikawa left for Canada to see the rich salmon harvests and prized suzuko for himself. He stablished a colony at Sudbury, then moved it to Don Island and Lion Island where the Ewan Cannery was located. They called the islands Oikawa and Sato.
In 1906, Oikawa chartered the 196 ton, three-masted sailing ship Suian Maru to bring 82 more Japanese settlers to add to the colony at Oikawa and Sato Islands. They arrived off the coast of Vancouver Island, via the Bering Sea and Alaska, on October 19, 1906. They disembarked near Victoria on foot because they did not have proper exit permits from Japan. Strangely dressed, they were soon apprehended. However, there were many jobs available on the railroads and in the fishery, with the assistance of the Japanese Consul they were soon released to settle in Canada.
The Japanese communities on Oikawa and Sato Islands flourished until the Japanese were forced into internment camps in 1942 during World War II.
Today, a plaque commemorating the voyage's centennial stands on the Richmond shoreline overlooking the islands.
If you reeeeally want to learn more about these islands... Google "renaming don and lion island richmond bc" # Nerd
Image of the sunset was taken from Kits Beach in beautiful Vancouver BC.
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Image was taken from Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond, BC.
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